Date:         Wed, 26 Jun 2002 21:46:54 -0500
Reply-To:     wilden1@JUNO.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Diesel Power (now: long drive security)
Comments: To: clark10006@COX.NET
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Bravo Debra!
The Volkswagen (Peoples Car) has a lot of limitations.
I've sold about five 80-83 Westfalia that I've resurrected from the near
dead ............... I've never sold one to a Texan and I've never sold
one to a person that hadn't at least owned a VW van of some type.
Truly these things are a sickness.
The good thing is that there aren't enough of them to clog our highways.
Can you envision the San Diego Freeway if every vehicle was a VW Bus or
Vanagon?
One lane of traffic and three lanes of shoulder.


Stan

On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 19:21:02 -0700 Debra Clark <clark10006@COX.NET>
writes:
> I have to agree with Stan on his assessment of the Vanagon for long
> drives.
> At least for my purposes.  I came to that conclusion while 'lurking'
> before
> my purchase.  I envy those who have taken their Westy on long trips
> to out
> of the way places but I've read the horror stories of break downs
> with parts
> availability being nil.  Luckily, being in San Diego County, there
> are
> camp-sites from the mountains to the oceans within 50 miles.  I love
> my
> Vanagon.  We've gone camping in it, picnic-ing, tail-gating, hauled
> a dryer
> and a loveseat (at the same time!) with it and picked up a storage
> unit from
> Home Depot that we never could have hauled with our other cars.  My
> dogs
> love it and my kids love it and my husband likes driving it because
> the
> seats and driving position are comfortable for him.  (He's had 3
> back
> surgeries)  We're looking forward to taking in a drive-in this
> summer (give
> me some tips for the best positioning) and as soon as the beach
> heats up a
> bit, it will be the beach mobile.  But it's not my daily driver and
> I would
> be constantly on edge if I took it far from home.  It's just not
> worth it to
> me.  There is so much this car can do for me that our other cars can
> not
> that I don't feel badly saying that there are a few things I'd
> rather not do
> in it.
>
> Debra Clark
> Santee, California
> 90 Multivan
> clark10006@cox.net
>

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